Duel Monsters

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Yugi Muto and Joey Wheeler playing Duel Monsters

Duel Monsters (デュエル モンスターズ, Dyueru Monsutāzu) is the game played in the Yu-Gi-Oh! anime and its successive series.

In-universe, the game was created by Maximillion Pegasus, who based the card designs on ancient Egyptian carvings and hieroglyphs.

Rules[edit]

The game is derived from the Duel Monsters or Magic and Wizards game featured in the Yu-Gi-Oh! manga, while also incorporating elements from the real-world Yu-Gi-Oh! Official Card Game and introducing elements original to the anime.

Variations[edit]

Other ways of playing Duel Monsters have existed throughout the series, usually using one of the previous sets of rules played under particular circumstances with additional rules added. These include:

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Real world[edit]

The first actual Duel Monsters card game to be released was Yu-Gi-Oh! Bandai's Official Card Game, released by Bandai in September 1998. Only three Booster Packs were released before the license to produce a card game was sold to Konami. This game was never released outside Japan.

The video games Yu-Gi-Oh! Monster Capsule: Breed and Battle and Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters by Konami included Duel Monsters promotional cards, which are not a part of Konami's later version of Duel Monsters (see below).

The current version of Duel Monsters is Konami's Yu-Gi-Oh! Official Card Game (OCG). This uses far more complex rules which were introduced in later parts of the manga and anime. The Yu-Gi-Oh! Trading Card Game (TCG) is identical in structure and rules to the official card game, but until 2009 it was manufactured by Upper Deck Entertainment under Konami's direction. Both versions mostly contain the same cards, but there have been cards exclusive to the OCG and TCG, and most cards, such as Booster Packs, Starter and Structure Decks, are first released in the OCG.

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